The top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is listed below. Himachal Pradesh is one of the most beloved states in the country for travel and tourism. It is the most favourite hill station and a vacation spot for people from across the globe. This is a known fact. 

But, the state is also doing its effort towards improving the education level. The government of the state is doing its bit to upgrade the higher education level. 

There are a lot of colleges and universities in Himachal Pradesh catering to different streams. This has made it very accessible for the students to stay in their hometown and complete their education. Prior to this, the students had to move to other states for higher education but now the scenario has changed. 

The top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh listed below are known for their high level academic excellence and great placements. 

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1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi

The very first college in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is from Mandi. The college is none other than IIT. IIT is the topmost engineering college of India and HP is home to one of them. 

This one is an autonomous college that got established in 2009. The college has a NIRF ranking of 82 in overall category and 31 in engineering category and is approved under AICTE.

The courses offered by the college are B.Tech, M.Tech, B.Tech + M.Tech, M.Sc, MS, and PhD. The highest CTC offered is 40 LPA and average CTC Offered is 13.1 LPA. 

Check out their website at https://www.iitmandi.ac.in

2. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Kangra 

NIFT, Kangra is the best fashion college in the state. NIFT is the topmost fashion institute in India and one of its campus is in Kangra. NIFT Kangra is famous for its gorgeous campus that overlooks the Dhauladhar ranges. This college got established in 2009.

The college has given a lot of fashion professionals to the country. 

The college offers UG and PG level programmes in fashion department. The courses offered by the college are MFM, FD, AD, TD, BFT, and FC. NIFT Kangra has some amazing placement opportunities in the world of fashion. 

Check out their website at https://www.nift.ac.in

3. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur 

NIT is the next best engineering college in India and HP is also home to one of the best NITs in the country. NIT Hamirpur is an old college to have gotten established in 1986. It is an autonomous college that is approved under AICTE and MHRD. 

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Its NIRF ranking in engineering is 99. The flagship courses of the college are B.Arch and B.Tech in CSE branch. Other courses offered by the college are B.Tech, M.Tech, B.Tech + M.Tech, B.Arch, M.Arch, M.sc, and MBA. 

The highest CTC offered by the college is 42 LPA. It is one of the top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh. 

Check out their website at http://www.nith.ac.in

4. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmaur 

The best management college in India in the IIM chain with one IIM in HP as well. Sirmaur has IIM campus that got established in 2015. This one is an autonomous college that has a NIRF ranking of 26 in MBA. The college is approved under MHRD. 

IIM Sirmaur is the 19th college in the IIM chain that is mentored by IIM Lucknow. They offer a flagship MBA course, MBA in tourism and hospitality, and a PhD course as well.

The highest CTC offered by the college is 16 LPA and average CTC is 9.6 LPA. Hence, this college has to be in our list of top colleges in Himachal Pradesh. 

Check out their website at https://www.iimsirmaur.ac.in

5. Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Una 

IIIT in Una is one of the top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh. This college got established in 2015 and is an autonomous college that is approved under MHRD. IIIT Una is one of the top 20 IIITs that is set up by the Government of India under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Scheme. 

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The college offers B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering as their flagship course. They also offer a PhD degree. The highest CTC offered by the college to the students is 14 LPA and average CTC offered is 8 LPA. 

Check out their website at http://www.iiitu.ac.in

6. Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition (IHM), Shimla 

Shimla has one of the best hotel management colleges in the country which is IHM. This one is an old college that is there in Shimla since 1984. The college is affiliated to IGNOU, New Delhi and is also a government college. The college is approved under NCHMCT. 

The courses offered here are B.Sc in hospitality and hotel administration, CBSP in Food production, Event Facilitator, Food and Beverage Service, Housekeeping Utility, and Bakery and Patisserie.

They also offer diploma courses in Food and Beverage Service and Food Production. It is one of the top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh. 

Check out their website at www.ihmshimla.org

7. Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, Baddi

After mentioning the management, engineering, fashion, etc colleges in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh, we have a dental college in our list now. The Bhojia dental college and hospital is in Baddi, a small town in HP. 

The college got established in 1997 and is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla and is also approved under UGC. The NAAC grade of the college is B. 

The courses offered in this college are in the dental stream only and they offer BDS, MDS, and diploma courses in dental. 

Check out their website at http://bhojiamededu.com

8. St. Bede’s College, Shimla

A college from Shimla to make to our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is ST. Bede’s college. This is a very old college that got established years before the Indian Independence in 1904.

The college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla. It is a public college that is accredited by NAAC. 

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There are a variety of courses offered by this college like B.com, BBA, BA, BA (hons), B.Sc, B.Sc (hons), M.Sc, MA, M.Com, BCA, and others. They offer degrees in streams like science, commerce, arts, computer applications, management, and education. 

Check out their website at https://www.stbedescollege.in

9. Government College of Teacher Education (GCTE), Kangra 

Kangra has the best fashion college NIFT and it also has another one of the top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh. It is the government college of teacher education or GCTE. Again, this one is an old college that got established in 1956.

The college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh university in Shimla. 

This one is a private college that is approved under NCTE and UGC. The college is also accredited by NAAC. The college offers a degree in education and that is B.Ed. The fee of this course is really low here. 

Check out their website at https://www.gcte.in

10. Heritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism (HIHT), Shimla 

Another hotel management college to make to our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Heritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism. HIHT Shimla is a new college that got established just 7 years ago in 2014.

It is also a private college that is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla and is approved under AICTE. 

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The streams in which this college offers courses are hotel management, management, and science. They also have a few vocational courses. BHMCT, B.Sc, and diploma courses are the courses they offer. 

Check out their website at https://www.hihtworld.com/agra/

11. Green Hills Engineering College, Solan 

Himachal Pradesh has a quite a few engineering colleges and one of the best in the state is in Solan. It is the green hills engineering college. It is a private college affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur.

The college is approved under AICTE. 

This is a newly established college that came into existence around 18 years ago in 2003. The college provides education in engineering stream only and the courses offered are B.Tech, M.tech, and B.Tech lateral. 

Because of the good placement that the college offers to the students, this college is in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh. 

Check out their website at https://ghec.co.in

12. Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College (RGGEC), Kangra 

Another engineering college in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College (RGGEC). This college is in Kangra.

This one is a government college that is also affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur and is approved under AICTE. 

The college got established 7 years ago in 2014. The college offers courses in engineering and architecture departments. The courses offered by the college are B.Arch, B.tech Lateral, and B.Tech. 

Admissions in this college is on the basis of entrance examinations. The entrance exams that are accepted are JEE, HPCET, NATA. 

Check out their website at http://rggec.ac.in/

13. Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College (JNGEC), Sundernagar

Again there is an engineering college in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh from another town. This one is from Sundernagar and is Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College (JNGEC). This one is a government college with a NAAC grade B. 

The college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur just like a lot of other engineering colleges.

This one got established in 2006 and is approved under AICTE. They offer only one course as of now and that is in engineering department and is B.Tech. 

JEE Mains exams are accepted for an admission here. 

Check out their website at http://www.jngec.ac.in

14. Himachal Institute of Engineering and Technology (HIET), Kangra 

Definitely our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is dominated with the engineering colleges. HIET College in Kangra is also affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur.

This one is a private college that got established in 2010 and is approved under AICTE. 

Along with engineering, the other streams in which the college offers degree are hotel management, and law. The courses offered by them are BHM, B.Tech, Polytechnic, and BALLB. They also offer some vocational courses. 

The placement history of the college is quite amazing and that makes it one of the most preferred engineering colleges of the state. 

Check out their website at http://www.hiet.co.in

15. LR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Solan 

Another engineering college in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is LR Institute of Engineering and Technology from Solan in Jabli-Kyar village near Oachghat .

Again, this college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur and is approved under AICTE. 

The college got established in 2008 with a motive to increase the engineering education in the state. They offer B.tech and B.tech lateral courses in their campus. JEE/LEET are the entrance exams accepted in the college for admissions. 

Check out their website at http://www.lrinstitutes.com

16. Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions, Sirmaur 

Another college from Sirmaur in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions. This private college got established in 2002 and got affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur. 

The college is approved under PCI, INC, BCI, and AICTE. The college is managed by Maa Saraswati Educational Trust.

The streams in which college offers education are engineering, law, pharmacy, computer applications, education, medical, and paramedical. 

The courses offered by the college are B.Tech, B.Ed, MBA, B.tech lateral, BBA, B.Pharma, and lots more. 

Check out their website at https://hgpi.in/himalayan-skill-development-centre/

17. Bells Institute of Management and Technology, Shimla 

A college from Shimla in our list of top colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Bells Institute of Management and Technology. This one is also a private college like the others mentioned above. This one is also affiliated to Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur.

The approvals of the college are by AICTE and UGC. The college got established in 2008. The streams other than engineering in which the college offers courses are hotel management, management, commerce, and computer applications.

The courses offered by the college are B.Tech, BBA, BHM, B.com, BCA, MBA, B.tech lateral, M.Tech, and polytechnic. All of them are taught under experienced faculty members. 

18. Shiva Group of Institutions, Bilaspur 

A fine college from Bilaspur in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Shiva Group of Institutions. This is a private college again that is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur plus to the Himachal Pradesh University and is approved by PCI, CCIM, AICTE, and NCTE. 

The college came into existence in 2007 and is also accredited by NAAC. The courses offered by the college are B.tech. B.tech lateral, B.Ed, BAMS, B.Pharma, M.Pharma, and D.Pharma. 

The top companies to recruit off the campus are IBM, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro, Dell, and lots of other MNC giants nationally and internationally. 

Check out their website at www.siethp.in

19. Mahatma Gandhi Government Engineering College (IMGGEC), Rampur 

An engineering college from Rampur in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is Mahatma Gandhi Government Engineering College. This one is a government college that is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur.

The college is a very new one to have gotten established in 2015. The college is approved under AICTE. It is one of the best engineering colleges in the state. A lot of students from other towns of the state prefer studying here when it comes to higher education. 

The college offers course only in one stream and that is engineering and they have only degree in this stream which is B.Tech. They offer B.tech in two disciplines in civil engineering and mechanical engineering. 

Check out their website at http://www.mggec.ac.in/

20. MIT College of Engineering and Management, Hamirpur

The last college in our list of top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh is also an engineering college but this is rather a popular one. It is MIT college of engineering and management from Hamirpur. The college is affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla and is a private college. 

It is again a new college that is getting a lot of traction amongst the students. It got established in 2008 and is approved under AICTE.

The college offers BE course. The placements of the college are really great and they are getting better each year. This is making a lot of students prefer this college over other colleges in the state. 

The college has some amazing tie ups with some of the best corporate giants and also with the top MNCs of the country, so placement opportunities are great in here. 

Conclusion 

These were the top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh based on their national rankings, academic performance, and also placements. The colleges listed here are in a variety of streams from management to hotel management to fashion and various other streams. 

Getting an admission into any of these colleges is through a variety of admission process that depends on the different colleges. If you are trying to get an admission in these colleges, we wish you all the best for your career. These top 20 colleges in Himachal Pradesh assure you a marvellous future ahead. 

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